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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1917

263 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 4 of 14

Unhappy Belgium. Germans Hold Up All Industries. Relief Store Wrecked. London

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 8 March 1917 · page 22

The, Germans have ordered the complete stoppage of all Belgian industries, thus practically throwing idle the entire population, alleging…

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Turkish Steamer Torpedoed. Near the Bosphorus. London

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 12 March 1917 · page 11

A Russian submarine has torpedoed a large steamer in the neighborhood of the Bosphorus…

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Belgian Relief Steamer Torpedoed. Though Proof of Identity Was Given

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 12 March 1917 · page 2

The Belgian Relief steamer Storstad has been torpedoed by a German submarine. Thirty persons are missing. Despite the fact that the submarine commander was told the…

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Without Warning Large Norweigan Steamer Sunk Outside War Zone. Copenhagen

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 15 March 1917 · page 3

The shipping Gazette states that the Norweigan steamer Lars Fasteness has been sunk outside the war zone without warningg…

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American Steamer Sunk Without Warning. London

National Advocate · Friday 16 March 1917 · page 2

The American steamer Algonquis (2833 tons) has been sunk in the Atlantic. She was bound for London from New York with foodstuffs. A…

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The War Sunk. American Steamer. by German Submarine

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 19 March 1917 · page 2

A German submarine has sunk the American steamer Algonquin, 1806 tons. The steamer was sunk without…

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Dutch Steamer Attacked. London

National Advocate · Wednesday 21 March 1917 · page 2

The Dutch steamer Selien en route from Rotterdam to New York with balast and flying a relief flag, reports that it was attacked by a submarine. The…

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Sunken American Steamer. Deserted Boat Found. New York

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 21 March 1917 · page 2

The American consul at Queenstown has notified the State Department that the captain's boat of the American steamer City of Memphis, destroyed by…

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Dutch Steamer Shelled London

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 22 March 1917 · page 2

A Copephagen message says that a German submarine pursued and shelled the Dutch steamer Hellen, which was carrying food relief for Belgium…

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Swedish Steamer Sunk Awuful Experiences. London

National Advocate · Thursday 22 March 1917 · page 2

The Captain, wife and eight of the crow of the small Swedish steamer Dage have landed after a terrible experience The vessel was bombed…

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Norwegian Steamer Sunk Washington', Thursduy

Leader · Friday 23 March 1917 · page 6

A Washington despatch states that the Norwegian steamer, Davaugar, had been sunk. There was one American aboard. The crow was saved…

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America Another Steamer Sunk Torpedoed Without Warning. Amsterdam

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 24 March 1917 · page 2

The American steamer Healdton (4481 tons) has been torpedoed. Several of the survivors have, reached Terschelling…

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American Steamer Torpedoed. an Overt Act. London, Friday night

Leader · Monday 26 March 1917 · page 2

The American steamer Healdton, has been torpedoed without warning, off Terachelling Island, and 20 of the crew drowned. The crow saw the…

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Arrived First American Steamer. London

National Advocate · Thursday 29 March 1917 · page 3

The steamer St. Louis is the first American armed liner to arrive at Liverpool. Her passengers included four ladies and five journalists. No…

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Without Warning Another Steamer Sunk. Passengers Killed. London

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 31 March 1917 · page 2

The steamer Alwick Castle was torpedoed without warning on the 19th in the Atlantic, 320 miles from land. When the [?]ts were picked up it…

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Affray on a Steamer Several Men Stabbed. Sydney

National Advocate · Monday 2 April 1917 · page 2

A free fight took place on board the steamer Port Harding at the wheat wharves at Darling Harbor last night. The quarter-master of the vessel, Mr…

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Schooner and Submarine Sunk

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 4 April 1917 · page 2

Russian aviators machine -gunned. a Turkish schooner, forcing the crew to abandon the vessel. A French fishing barque, armed with a…

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Torpedoed Steamer Eleven Americans Missing. Washington

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 4 April 1917 · page 2

Eleven of the crew of the Aztec, the armed American merchantman just torpedoed, are missing. The vessel was armed with two 3in. guns…

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At Sea Another Hun Horror. Belgian Relief Steamer Sunk. Ymuidin

National Advocate · Saturday 7 April 1917 · page 3

A German submarine torpedoed, without warning, on April 4, In miles off Scheveningen, the Belgian Rel[?]et steamer Trevier, from New York to…

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Interned Steamer Damaged. Norfolk

National Advocate · Friday 13 April 1917 · page 4

Capt. Kerer, of the Austrian steamer Budapest admitted to the Inspectors that he wrecked the engines following on the receipt of official instructions…

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